Today with Jesus

Share Your Problems with Trusted Friends

Today's Bible Verse

"He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling
them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of
Babylon.” (Daniel 2:18)

Discussion

Share your needs with trusted friends in prayer when you are in a tight spot.

Earthly life is not a bed of roses. It’s with challenges and troubles, storms
and tornadoes even in the life of the most faithful and clean. But the God of
heaven saves and rescues them from all evils till the end of time.

Daniel: 6:27 - ”He rescues and saves his people. He performs miraculous signs and
wonders in heaven and on earth.”

Daniel was in a tight spot. The king of Babylon wanted to know the dream he had
dreamt and its interpretation; otherwise Daniel and his friends would be
executed, the most ridiculous and unwise demand. So Daniel was at a crisis
point. When the king gave Daniel time to find an answer, he found his 3 friends
and they prayed. When you find yourself in a dangerous dilemma, share your
situation with trusted friends. Jesus will come to you as a saviour to rescue
you from the immediate threat. So trust him and share your apprehensions with
your friends for prayer and counselling.

Sara is in her 80’s and has been married for 60 years with an unpleasant mis-matched
partner. She has gone through a lot in life, emotionally and with the incurable
chronic sickness of her husband, and her own health problems. But she is always
open-minded. She never hides her troubles and challenges from her faithful
prayer partners. Even at midnight, if anything is troubling her or the troubles
of others are bothering her, it is shared and prayed with others. She is an
inspiration to her friends and acquaintances, church members and even to the
priests who have come to serve in her church. She laughs and smiles like a child
and age has not yet made any marks on her face. One day at 12 midnight, she had
called me to pray for her nephew who was in critical condition in the hospital.
That helped her to sleep well with confidence in the Divine Providence to rescue
her nephew.

2 Corinthians 4:8,10 - “We have troubles all around us. But we are not defeated.
So we don’t give up.”

Prayer

Jesus, let us share our immediate troubles and panics with our prayer
partners. We pray for all those who are in perils of life and don’t know whom to
share and unburden their apprehensions. Let them have the prayer partners to
intercede for them.. Let your hand be on them. Let people like Sara emerge for
an inspiration to others. All we ask in eth name of Jesus. Amen.